The College Persistence Questionnaire: Development and Validation of an Instrument that Predicts Student Attrition

Autor/inn/en	Davidson, William B.; Beck, Hall P.; Milligan, Meg
Titel	The College Persistence Questionnaire: Development and Validation of an Instrument that Predicts Student Attrition
Quelle	In: Journal of College Student Development, 50 (2009) 4, S.373-390 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0897-5264
Schlagwörter	College Freshmen; Class Rank; Social Integration; Standardized Tests; Measures (Individuals); Factor Analysis; Student Attrition; Academic Persistence; Questionnaires; Higher Education; Regression (Statistics); Student Adjustment; Academic Achievement; Goal Orientation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienanfänger; Soziale Integration; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Messdaten; Faktorenanalyse; Schülerbeurlaubung; Fragebogen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Schulleistung; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung
Abstract	The investigators reviewed the retention literature and developed a 53-item questionnaire and tested its validity. Component analysis of the responses of 2,022 students at four schools yielded six reliable factors: Institutional Commitment, Degree Commitment, Academic Integration, Social Integration, Support Services Satisfaction, and Academic Conscientiousness. A second study on 283 first-semester freshmen examined whether factor scores predicted which students returned for their sophomore year. Logistic regression found that three factors were statistically significant predictors of enrollment status, after controlling for high school class rank and standardized test scores: Institutional Commitment, Academic Integration, and Academic Conscientiousness. Strategies are provided for making use of scores based on differences between institutions and between individual students. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10